Discussion of U2's future: new singles, new tour, etc.

Originally posted by MWSAH:[..]

Bono already looks old at the end of the fourties, imagine him being 65 or something...
Instead of calling their last album 'Man' they might call it 'Grandfather' or something..

Originally posted by flowerchild:[..]

who cares what they look like? just because they get older they're not entitled to continue making music? not really fair, nor does it make much of sense (if you really meant that). sorry, mate


I for myself really like their last two albums. I wouldn't call them masterpieces, but little gems nonetheless and if the next album isn't something completely new, I wouldn't mind. I like their current style, I like the many styles before. whatever's coming our way with the next u2 album, I'm sure it'll be good at least, no matter what

Originally posted by MWSAH:[..]

Well, as long if the music is good, I don't really care either....but I know this story about a fairly unknown and very old singer who often performed during WWII in Holland. He was 20/30 back then, and the poor fellow performed again some months ago. He was around 80 years old, and it looked crap and sounded crap. A little self-reflection isn't that bad.

A big tour for an artist in his sixties might be too much, whether his singing capabilities might still be there. But touring and recording an album also has a physical impact to a man's body. Watch BB King...he performs so every now and then, that's okay. But the man isn't able to tour intensively.

Originally posted by Yogi:Can't believe so much people are so fatalistic....c'mon people we're talking about U2, not Oasis or somethin...

Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

i've been a fan for 8 years and they haven't released anything in that time that has inspired or excited me at all. Simple as that so this could be a make or break album for me. How I wished I was born a decade earlier

Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

i've been a fan for 8 years and they haven't released anything in that time that has inspired or excited me at all. Simple as that so this could be a make or break album for me. How I wished I was born a decade earlier

Originally posted by Yogi:[..]

I met U2 trough ATYCLB when I was like 15 or so. It changed my life.

Originally posted by thefly07:[..]

same here and I agree with you about the fatalism

Originally posted by MWSAH:[..]

Well, as long if the music is good, I don't really care either....but I know this story about a fairly unknown and very old singer who often performed during WWII in Holland. He was 20/30 back then, and the poor fellow performed again some months ago. He was around 80 years old, and it looked crap and sounded crap. A little self-reflection isn't that bad.

A big tour for an artist in his sixties might be too much, whether his singing capabilities might still be there. But touring and recording an album also has a physical impact to a man's body. Watch BB King...he performs so every now and then, that's okay. But the man isn't able to tour intensively.

Originally posted by thefly07:i thought one of the parts of being a fan of a band was supporting them, sure I might be thrown into the "obsessive" crowd when it comes to U2, and I'm not sorry about that, but I feel like sometimes on here certain people are just really saying things that serve no other purpose than to sound like condescending assholes and to just say that a certain song is shite or whatever. Personally, I think U2 is still at the top of their game and always have been. I think they've gotten better with every album. I think this is kind of getting off topic but I just wanted to put that out there